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Topic: Las Vegas Meet and Greet (Read 39485 times)

I'm beginning communications with the catering manager from the Stratosphere. Is everyone interested in doing a meet & greet on Friday evening? If so, please let me know what you would like. I'm presuming a cash bar is a must.

Their catering typically starts at around $40 per person with a 20 person minimum. I've already told them we are a group on a budget. They're willing to work with us.

What is the most you would like to spend? Do want a sit down style event, buffet, or finger foods? Keep in mind we're a fairly small group this year, so we don't have as much buying power as we've had at past events. However, I'll do my best to ensure a memorable event at a reasonable price based on your feedback.

I ditto the Friday evening suggestion. I imagine we will be in the $40 range which is acceptable to me. I also think the buffet style, appetizer type food will work best for our group. I sure hope we can get 20 people. Vegas is relatively inexpensive still and this is such an opportunity for those who haven't attended one of our events.

You have no idea what it was like getting through customs in Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand with that parachute in my bag. But that's a story for another day.

My original plan was to put them on Kooni and surprise Jan, but she wanted no part of it (the pig not Jan ).

So I opted for Plan B. I cleverly hid them somewhere on/in "Jan Land".

To date she either hasn't found them or she has and is evily planning some sort of counter attack.

Either way, since I don't have those disgusting things, obviously I won't be wearing them at the Meet and Greet. And even if I did, I still wouldn't do it.

BTW--you're a bitch!

RAB

I know I won't be there to see it -- but you could always don a waitress get-up like you wore in Boston -- I can send a picture if you've forgotten! Not sure that you'll end up with many dollar bills in it, but it was soooooo you!!

The bed has been stiped and washed seveal times since he left, the cupboards and drawers have been cleaned out..as have the ones in the rest of the house, and I haven't come across anything that is "Big and pink"..I'll keep looking...

"Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love." - Butch Hancock, Musician, The Flatlanders

IMO that all sounds good, Im assuming we would split the bartender fee between us...which would be about $10-$15 per person.

You all can't drink $500 worth of liquor in 2-3 hours?

I thought about everyone splitting the cost. But then again, not everyone drinks. If this fee goes directly to the bartender, I don't have that much of a problem with the fee. I'm still waiting to hear back in regards to that.

What would be a reasonable bar tab among us for 3 hours? Perhaps I can get the minimum reduced.

Let's begin by figuring up the cost of getting Jan and Will "motivated" enough to make their jump.

Hey RAB If you wants to spend $100 on cocktails to get me "Motivated" then I have no objections but you would have to drag me to the top, tie me up and literally throw me off the platform at the sky jump, after all those cocktails I won't be able to do anything on my own...

To help out I will drink as many Bailey's as I can without throwing up.

You've always given us an amazing time for the meet and greet and it sounds like you've done it again.

I can't thank you enough!

Well said RAB, and I agree. Thank you Dennis for everything you put into these things, not sure we would ever find anyone with the same motivation and expertise as you have, all of which when you are not even sure if you will be attending!

Is there anyway to find out if someone is looking to maybe share a room and split the cost? I want to go and would like to look at the possibility of a room share with someone.... Hope I'm posting this in the right spot..... Also, could you remind me of what the room cost is and what code we use to book (can it be booked online)?

Is there anyway to find out if someone is looking to maybe share a room and split the cost? I want to go and would like to look at the possibility of a room share with someone.... Hope I'm posting this in the right spot..... Also, could you remind me of what the room cost is and what code we use to book (can it be booked online)?

Thanks!

The Code is "C-AMG". I think the rate I booked for under that code was $30/night weekdays and $41/night weekends.

Thank you Dennis for everything you put into these things, not sure we would ever find anyone with the same motivation and expertise as you have, all of which when you are not even sure if you will be attending!

Acutally, I did not yet have an arrangement for the memorial service and was hoping to use our "room in the sky" at the beginning of our event if that worked out. I agree now that the hotel is making too many demands for a group of our size and there a bazillion locations to have a social event in Vegas... maybe that will help the hotel to understand that it is best not to jerk our chain.

So...at the moment no location for memorial, but open to suggestion. I like the idea of combining it with our meet and greet event especially if we are going off site to make it easier on the attendees. We know Jan will suspicious if we tell her that where we go is a "wee walk" from the site. It will all work out...and we will have a blast I am sure.

If you all do not mind, I'd like to look at having our function off site. I have just spoken to the catering manager, and I'm just not comfortable with what they are offering.

If we want to increase our event to 3 hours, there would be a room rental charge of $200.

The $175 bartender fee, if we don't consume $500 worth of liquor in 2 hours, goes directly to the hotel as a labour charge. It would not go to the bartender.

Lastly, there is a $300 deposit they will not waive.

Since they are unwilling to stray from policies to earn our business, I just assume we take our business elsewhere. Let me know what you think.Dennis

O.K. I guess my first comment is related to your last. I know these big properties have a pretty straight forward way of doing business and they just aren't likely to stray away from it.

So if all the condiditions and hoop jumps are simply not possible then I think you've got the right idea when you say "we take our business elsewhere".

The $300.00 deposit doesn't seem unreasonable to me. We can't ask them to take a room off inventory without some sort of guarantee. (I'm assuming the deposit goes toward the final bill.)

I'm also not that worried about the bartender fee of $175.00 if we don't consume $500.00. Of course that would become clearer if we could nail some of these specifics down and get a more accurate idea of exactly how many will be attending.

The $200.00 for an additional hour? Now that does bother me.

Can (forgive me buddy--I'm stupid) you give us a final summary of exactly what we'd be getting (food), where we'd be, and if we went with the 3 hours (although if we have to go 2 we could do that I guess), assuming we meet the bar minimum, what the cost per person would be if we are 15 and if we are 20?

I am also waiting waiting to see if we can remove the appetizers from the above menue at Simon's to reduce the cost. Another option at Simon Rest. would be an hors d' oeuvres option for aproximately $45.

The above menus are served family style. Little Buddha also has a buffet option with butler pass hors d' oeuvres for $60 pp should we want to go that route.

The offer from the Strat was $41.31 including tax and gratuity right? Of course that only gave us two hours, and we had the issue of the potential bartender charge.

Decisions decisions.

At Little Budha and Simon would we have a private space like at the Strat or would we be in the main dining room? (because to me that's the real deciding factor) If so is there a time limit like at the Strat? Would there be a bartender charge at either Palms venues?

O.K. no more questions. I'm starving after looking at all the wonderful food, so I have to go microwave something.

Thanks again buddy for all of your hard work. (Now about those hunky, scantly clad servers. . . . )

If we are having problems finding a venue for our Memorial service and for Ric's memorial, maybe we should consider having it at our agreed Meet and Greet venue....just a suggestion, what do you guys think?.

I don't think we should be forking out more money if we don't need to.

I would like to do both events together if the venue is appropriate. The idea I discussed briefly with RAB would be a "celebration of life" that would be more joyous in nature (while at the same time acknowledging our most recent losses) and then could be done with the evening event. Given the more public area where we are planning the Friday evening event, it may not be suitable for what we would like to memorialize our friends and loved ones. At the same time, RAB and I are both concerned that a memorial at a separate time might be depressing and difficult for some of us. I certainly wish both events to be meaningful. If we all think about it, I think a "solution" will emerge.

The idea I discussed briefly with RAB would be a "celebration of life" that would be more joyous in nature (while at the same time acknowledging our most recent losses) Gary

I like this "celebration of life" idea. Perhaps at some appropriate point during the meet and greet Gary could start us off with some nice words and then he and others can regale us with some funny stories regarding Ric, Tim, etc.. I foresee lots of toasts and laughter, which would be nice.

I like this "celebration of life" idea. Perhaps at some appropriate point during the meet and greet Gary could start us off with some nice words and then he and others can regale us with some funny stories regarding Ric, Tim, etc.. I foresee lots of toasts and laughter, which would be nice.

Just thinking out loud here.

-Will

My personal opinion is the meet and greet and memorial should be seperate. First, I think those who have passed deserve a memorial in their hono. Second, I don't think the fascilities I presented are condusive to a memorial. And lastly, there willl be alcohol at the meet and greet. Do yuou really want alcohol with this considering it has the ability to raise emotions?

I would like to do both events together if the venue is appropriate. The idea I discussed briefly with RAB would be a "celebration of life" that would be more joyous in nature (while at the same time acknowledging our most recent losses) and then could be done with the evening event. Given the more public area where we are planning the Friday evening event, it may not be suitable for what we would like to memorialize our friends and loved ones. At the same time, RAB and I are both concerned that a memorial at a separate time might be depressing and difficult for some of us. I certainly wish both events to be meaningful. If we all think about it, I think a "solution" will emerge.

My personal opinion is the meet and greet and memorial should be seperate. First, I think those who have passed deserve a memorial in their hono. Second, I don't think the fascilities I presented are condusive to a memorial. And lastly, there willl be alcohol at the meet and greet. Do yuou really want alcohol with this considering it has the ability to raise emotions?

Hi Gary & Dennis:

It appears that holding the two events together isn't a good idea. The venue isn't properly suited apparently and the conflicting goals of Memorial Service vs Meet and Greet present the probability that the Memorial would be less meaningful.

It was just an idea given the struggles that Gary is having with finding a place for the memorial.

I really don't have much to offer in terms of solutions.

I don't know, does Las Vegas have a local MCC (Metropolitan Community Church)?